Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-01-08

In 1876 he had 4 bad attack. Again in
| 1878 when he went TO Hot Spr ngS and was so
| much benefited that he came right back To the
| Senate and worked for an appropriation 70 de-
VeIop the springs AMI make them accessible to
| rheumatic sufferers | remember when one Of
| our Illinois members to the Fortv-seventh con-
gress, General Hawk died and was appoint
| ed with General Logan one of the delegates TO
! escort his remains. Mrs. Logan cautioned that
| the general might have one Of his attacks and
| told me how to treat him Dv baths ETC. 50 we
| all thought that this last attack was nothing
| more than he had experienced before, and till
! Thursday last ne had no serious trouble ef-
| eept an Inability to move the right arm from
the elbow to the wrist. Up to almost the last
| moment the doctors cOnteuded that he was not
| in dangerous condition. Mono = exactly
knows the cause of death. The doctors say {
| was extreme exhaustion following AZ attack of
rheumatic fever but most deaths come from
| exhaustion. He recognized Mrs. Logan at ,
O'Clock but lost consciousness entirely at
O'Clock this afternoon and never regained it
| again"
Representative Burroughs, Of Michigan,
aided tnat only week ago last Saturday be
lnund the general bathing his arm, and after
doing so he felt so much better that they sat
down aud smoked a cigar together
AT 3: 40 Representative Townshend arrived
with
MESSAGE FROM SPEAKER CARLISLE
tnat he held himself n readiness to make any
arrangements the family desired, and almost
at the same moment the deputy sargeant-at-
arms, James Christ, in the absence of Sargeant-
al Arms Candy, who has been telegraphei for
accompanied by General Anson q. McCook,
secretary of the senate, arrived to take charge
OF tile remains in the name Of the senate, and
to consult the family when and where the in
terment should take place. Awaiting the
time when Mrs. Logan might feel like giving
instructions in this regard. undertaken David
Barker was placed in charge.
Mr.. IownsIend spoke in most feeling terms of
the dead senator. "He was born aud married.
he said. in my county, and Mrs. Townshend
knew him from childhood. He was INV pre-
decessor in congress for two terms before the
war. | know there is not q man, woman or
child in Southern Illinois but viii regard this
event with profound sorrow. know our peo-
pie will des re to have him buried there in his
own home in Southern Illinois, but Of course
We must Weld to Mrs Logan's wish"
Said Mrs. Daniel Shepherd: Il never would
have believed now close the general was TO his
old soldiers if had not seen what have wit
messed here to-day. have sent away people
who have begged with
TEARS STREAM Nc DOWN THEIR CHEEKS
TO be allowed 10 come in and do something to
Assist Said one, He slept under the same
blanket with me- Said another. | nursed
him through rheumatic fever at Huntsville,
Ala, le' Inc See If | can't do him some good
now. IL grieved me to the heart to tell them
1t was too late, but these incdens gave me an
insight into the generals character"
As the last of the watchers who had been so
long by the bedside left the house the snow
which had been all day threatening began to
fall in heavy fakes and soon made transit DIFF
1cult. Still hundreds of lnquirers came. The
black Grape on the door bell gave the first tok-
ems OF the sad event to many who were on
their way to the Logan mansion in the after
noon. but the news of his death soon spread
nj war hn hn Ha- had
throughout the country, and, irrespective Of
party, kilograms poured from all quarters.
Representative Springer arrived to ask il
step, had been taken To notify Governor
Oglesby. This matter was undertaken by
Senator Cullom.
Mrs. Logan was so prostrated as to be una
Bile TO see al, one. Her son and daughter bore
up as bravely as possible under the ordeal and
GREETED WITH sADDENED FACES
the many sympathetic friends whose lips could
but inadequateiy form expressions OF the feel
ings of the heart
Among the many kilograms of coincidence
were those from Governor Alger, of Michigan;
Colonel Dist n, A. VI. Jones, Melville Z. Stone
ami Others, of Illinois.
Dr.. j. P. Newman, pastor of the Metropol-
tan VI. z. church. where General Logan and
his wife have attended a number of years. and
who, as already stated. was at the bedside this
evening when the senator died, in his sermon
this evening referred touchinglv to his last
hours, stating also the fact that on Sunday
December ), the general for the first time par
took of the sacrament kneeling devOutly, not
on the cushion step, but on the floor by his de-
voted wife.
When General Logan entered the senate as
the successor OF Richard Yates, his abilities
were put 10 a severe test. The men then in
the senate had been few of them soldiers, and
lacked admiration or enthusiasm for SOL
diery qualities that formed the stronger ele-
Of nnfo ab In traH
tons of senatorial courtesy, the cold consider
ations of style aud education were more firmly
in vogue, if possible, than now and were made
the
CRITERION OF A SENATOR'S ABILITY.
With a hard hand he swept aside those
moth eaten eonventionalities, and the carpi g
critics of the day, among whom were many
older members OF the body, preiicted FOR
Logan a failure as a senator. The echo OF
that cry has lived down TO the present time
and will be heard for years to come. Slowly
but surely the prjudices of years snapped, and
before the close Of the Forty second congress
had expired General Logan had won a place
in that body and also in the nation as United
States senator. On his abilities from that
time men like Matt Carpenter. G. z. Ed
munds, Justin Morrill,, T. O. Howe and R0s-
coe Conkling, have never expressed doubt,
and he has had al all times the respect, and
in many wavs. the admiration of them all.
Speaking of his congressional career tonight,
with much feeling Senator Sherman sad: II
have known Logan since he came here as
member of congress. He was then chiefly dis
tinguished as an ardent friend of Mr. Douglas,
and accepted his views in the house, as was
always very positive in his opinions. He was
a strong, and we thought rather an extreme
Democrat. He followed the general fortunes
of Mr.. Douglas. and took the same view that
Douglas did as TO the war. He had apparent
ly made up his mind before the war, That il it
come he would be on the side OF the Union,
and he was a firm supporter of the Union
cause. His statement in his book is very clear
and strong upon this point. He was undoubt-
edly good soldier, and perhaps among all
those who entered the army from civil life was,
IL not the most distinguished, among the
most d iatinguished. He was a
MODEL OF THE VOLUNTEER SOLDIER.
I have heard General Sherman and others
who knew him say that he was always ready
for aud brave and spirited In action. and never
failed to achieve success where it was reasona
bly possible He did not serve in congress
during the war; although elected, he resigned
to take the colonecy of a regiment. He re-
turned again as a member Of the Fortieth con-
gress and served in the house until he was
elected senator, since which time, as matter
of course I have known him Intimately. |
had 1yself the strongest personal respect for
Logan and never had any controversies with
him. except upon the financial question, as
thought he took at one time an erroneous
view in regard TO financial matters
and for a time adopted the IDEAS
prevailing in the West in regard 70 paper
money. think his original opinions were
rather crude. and upon further rejection he
became satisfied that the policy Of resumption
was the right one. and he adhered 70 it. de
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